Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act

This act governs when and how a court will recognize and enforce a money judgment rendered by a court outside the United States. It sets out which foreign judgments fall within its scope, establishes that qualifying judgments are treated as conclusive and enforceable in the same manner as a domestic judgment, and specifies the grounds on which recognition may be refused. It also addresses the bases on which a foreign court's personal jurisdiction will be accepted, allows enforcement to be stayed while an appeal is pending abroad, and preserves other means of recognizing foreign judgments while directing that its provisions be construed consistently across the states adopting it.

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